Should women with postcoital bleeding be referred for colposcopy?

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-47

  Abu, J ^a   Davies, Q ^a   Ireland, D ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COITUS; COLPOSCOPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTCOITAL BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COITUS; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 30344433717     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500378624     Document Type: Article

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